The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-12-02
UsEFuL AND SUGGESTIVE

The Colorado beetle has been de-
stroyed in Germany by the timely use
of disinfectans, and the tilling of the
fields in which the pest appeared.
Almond: Make an oblong roll Of
French cream and press into the side
of it an almond meat, or blanch and
chop the almonds and mix them
throL Oh the cream.-Erchdnge.
Probably more money is wasted
in the purchase of meat than any
other article of food which is in dsily
use. This to a great degree may b
attributed TO the almost universal IS.
ncrance as to the most economical way
Of cutting up and the relative value OF
the cuts.-11oy Times.
Cracker Pudding: One egg, three
tablespoOnfuls Of sugar. one pint Of
milk. two or three milk crackers rolled.
nutmeg and a pinch of salt Bake
about three-quarters of an hour. Run
the handle of the spoon down the CEN
ter of the pudding; if it does not look
milky it is done.-Boston budget
-s.Stripping" the COW of the last
milk in the udder is better than to al
low her to retain a portion. She re-
mains in service longer. while the last
milk is said to be the richest. 1t fire.
quently happens that a cow dries of
sooner when not completely MIXED
than would have been the case had it
been stripped.
Picked Oysters: Rinse the oysters
in their liquor, strain it upon them.
and let them come to boil; take them
out Of the liquor to cool Prepare
cider vinegar by boiling it with pep
pers. little salt. mace, cloves and nut
meg. and when cool pour it over the
oysters. and keep them in q covered
stone jar.-Erchanyc.
White Sauce: Put into a sauce
pan quarter of a pound of butter, and
mix it with n spoonful of flour, add a
glass of water, set it on the fire, and
keep stirring; when it boils take it off.
set it aside and salt it. If your sauce
be too thick. add little water; if too
thin. a piece of butter, and turn it
afresh.-Boston Budget.
Banana Cake: One cup sugar. one
fourth cup butter. one egg and yelk Of
another beaten. two-thir,Is cup of milk,
two cups flour sifted with two tea
spoonfuls baking powder. Make a
cooked frosting. and when cool spread
on cake and cover with slices of banana
sliced crOsswise. and MonH-
factmyer.
"A ready expedient for the relief OF
the distressing cough occasioned in
children in cases of whooping cough is
this: Drop oil Of turpentine on the pill
low where the fumes will be inhaled
while sleeping; and during the convu!-
sive cough. hold a handkerchief before
the child's face with fifteen or twenty
drops on it.-Foote's Health Monthly.
Why is it that sensible human be-
ings are so much influenced by the
color of the fruits they buy? A hand
some red apple, for example, will sell
far more readily than green one. al
though the flavor may be much info
rior. II people would learn to pur-
chase by flavor rather than color they
would be less often cheated by their
eyes.
The Russian mulberry must have
the credit of being really by far the
hardest of the mulberries. It is but
little injured by our severcst winters
Its fruit does not amount 10 much, but
it makes a pretty small tree. and if silk
culture ever gets a foOthold in America.
it will extend the possibility of produc-
ing that commodity some two hundred
miles further north than heretofore.-
indianapolis Sentinel.